Why Lawyers For 'Fabulous Fab' Didn't Call A Single Witness In His Huge Fraud Casehttp://www.businessinsider.com/fabrice-tourres-defense-strategy-2013-8/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:39:51 -0400Erin Fuchshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fe552869bedd3a2000001fJG66Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:20:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fe552869bedd3a2000001f
...something FISHY going on here...the moment I read that Tourre's lawyer were being paid by Goldman Sachs - my immediate reaction was....he's been set up as the FALL GUY; no matter what, GS will quietly & discretely reward him for this show; even if he is jailed, am sure there is a ladder BONUS is in store; Goldman Sachs has an office in Geneva - the guy is French, so It will be easy for Tourre to access his money from his Goldman Sachs Private Bank numbered account in a few years time . Either way, this guy's career in finance is finished. Goldman Sachs ? Well you guys are reading this right ? I suggest you lot do society a favour and adopt the saving face culture from Japan, with a Hari Kiri to the firm...as act to humbly & honorably exit the industry.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc5a9e6bb3f7345e000003outtahereFri, 02 Aug 2013 21:19:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc5a9e6bb3f7345e000003
Totally agree. GS lawyers were never going to pull out all the stops for this guy Fabrice. I think the guy was guilty but he wasn't doing anything that displeased GS until he got caught. What a bunch of cynical MFers the People of the Squid are.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc303a69bedd603300000eD CFri, 02 Aug 2013 18:18:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc303a69bedd603300000e
This is just like the mafia. The lower ranking guys know that they are supposed to take the rap. They know better than to cause any problems for their superiors. In exchange, they also know that they will be taken care of in the future.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc08ebecad04302d000003Ford PrefectFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:30:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc08ebecad04302d000003
I can only imagine the defence team going through the defence witness list of co-workers:
"So do we put the psychopath or the sociopath on the stand to address this question?"
I can imagine the great enthusiam of the witnesses to testify as well:
"Oh, yes sir. We create and sell securities likethe ones the Fabulous Fab is on trial for ALL the time. It is perfectly normal in our business. In fact, he appears to have understated the nature of how we screw the clients."http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc077b69beddf854000019backFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:24:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc077b69beddf854000019
his lawyers were paid by Goldman?
mistake number one. they were defending Goldman muckty mucks not Fab.
Fab was thrown under the bus and the responsible Goldman directors get out of perjuring themselves under oath.
hopefully he gets a nice "bonus" for being the sacrificial lamb... doubt it. LOLhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc074e69bedde157000010john1066Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:23:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51fc074e69bedde157000010
"However, Tourre's lawyers — a high-power team bankrolled by Goldman — probably had some good reasons for deciding not to call a single witness. For one thing, the SEC's lawyers would have cross-examined any witnesses the defense put on the stand."
Well this smells like one heck of a conflict of interest. The one who pays has the power.
Folks really need to wake up to that.
Sounds like this guy was made the patsy.